Table 1.
Patient characteristics.
| Characteristics | Intervention group (n = 65) | Control group (n = 65) | P value |
| Age (years) | 53.2 (8.6) | 55.0 (9.1) | .25 |
| Gender | |||
| Male | 35 (53.8) | 38 (58.5) | .60 |
| Female | 30 (46.2) | 27 (41.5) | – |
| Race | |||
| Han ethnicity | 43 (66.2) | 49 (75.4) | .25 |
| Hui ethnicity | 12 (18.5) | 9 (13.8) | .48 |
| Man ethnicity | 10 (15.3) | 7 (10.8) | .44 |
| Factors cause severs sepsis | |||
| Respiratory distress syndrome | 17 (26.2) | 14 (21.5) | .54 |
| Acute pancreatitis | 11 (16.9) | 9 (13.8) | .63 |
| Peritonitis | 6 (9.2) | 5 (7.7) | .75 |
| Neoplasia | 5 (7.7) | 4 (6.2) | .73 |
| Urinary tract | 12 (18.5) | 15 (23.1) | .52 |
| Central nervous system | 6 (9.2) | 8 (12.3) | .57 |
| Acute obstructive suppurative cholangitis | 6 (9.2) | 7 (10.8) | .77 |
| Others | 2 (3.1) | 3 (4.6) | .65 |
| Co-morbid diseases | |||
| Diabetes mellitus | 15 (23.1) | 17 (26.2) | .68 |
| Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | 20 (30.8) | 18 (27.7) | .70 |
| Chronic heart failure | 10 (15.4) | 13 (20.0) | .49 |
| Stroke | 8 (12.3) | 7 (10.8) | .78 |
| Chronic kidney disease | 6 (9.2) | 9 (13.8) | .41 |
| Hypertension | 14 (21.5) | 11 (16.9) | .51 |
| APACHE II score | 15.7 (4.3) | 16.1 (4.0) | .58 |
| MOF score | 14.4 (4.8) | 14.9 (4.6) | .54 |
| GCS score | 7.5 (3.3) | 7.8 (3.0) | .59 |
| CD3+ | 49.3 (12.6) | 51.0 (13.1) | .45 |
| CD4+ | 23.7 (7.2) | 23.5 (6.9) | .87 |
| CD8+ | 22.9 (6.3) | 22.4 (6.0) | .64 |
| CD4+/ CD8+ | 1.03 (0.4) | 1.05 (0.3) | .75 |
Data are present as mean ± standard deviation or number (%); APACHE II = Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation, GCS = Glasgow Coma Scale, MOF = Multiple Organ Failure.